The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
Death Of stonewall jackson

About daylight upon the Sunday
( of his death Mrs. Jackson Informed
him that his recovery was very
doubtful. and that it was better
that he should be prepared for The
worst.
He was silent for the moment
and then said: at will be infinite
gain to be translated to heaven
! He advised his wife in the event of
his death to return to her fathers
house, aud adde |. you have a
kind and good father, but there is no
one SO kind and good al your heav-
emily father.''
lie still. expressed hope that he
wonld recover, but requested his wife
in case he should die to have him
buried III Lexington, IN the valley
of Virginia. His exhaustion increas d
So rapidly that at IL O'clock Mrs.
Jackson knelt by his bel aud told
h i'm that before the sun went down
he would be with his Saviour
He replied, o moi You are fright
ened, my child. Death is not So
near. 1 MAY yetget we'll" -
She fell upon the bed weeping
bitterly, and again told anil her
tears and sobs, that the physician
declared that. there was no. longer
any hope f..his-recovery. AfteE a
nom ent's pause he asked to call. the.
family physician. re
doctor" he said, as the physi-
clan entered the rooms Sauna. an :
formed me that you haze told her l
am to die today; is 1t sof'
When he was answered in the
affirmative, he turned his sunken,
eyes towArd the ceiling and gazed
fora moment or two as if in in tense
thought, then looked at the friends
about him and softly SAID:
Very good, very good; it is all
right,
Then turning to his hearlbr Oxen
wife he tried to comfort her He
told her that there was much he
desired to tell her, but that he wa
TOO weak for the undertaking,
Colonel PendIelon, one of the
officers of his staff, came into the
room about l O'Clock. General
Jackson asked him., g.
"WhO is preaching at hea'l-quar-
tiers to-day?
When told in reply that the whole
army was praying for hlm. he re-
led: ., -.
Thank God! they are verv kind"
Then he added. cit s the Lord s
day. my wish Is fulfilled. l have
a ways desired to die on Sunday
Slowly his mind began to fail and
wander and he frequently talked in
his delirIum as it in command of his
army OH the field Of battle. Ills
would give orders to his AIDE III she
old way, ami then thu Sc ne was
changed. He was at the mess ia
bic IN conversation with mem bers
of his staff: now with his vie and
child; now at pray ers with his nils
itary family. Occasional intervals
of return Of his mind wOull appear
and during one of them the physi.
clan offered the dying man some
brandy and water, but he declined
it, saying:
ut VIII only delay my departure
and do no good | want to preserve
nv mind to the last, If possible.
A few moments before the end
arrived the dying warrior cried out
III his delirium:
Order A p. HiIltO Praplre for
actionl' Pass The infantry to the
front rapi,lly!'' ''reII Major Hawks
- then his voice was sill ent and
the. sentence remained unfinished;
An Instant later a smile of in
effable sweetness and purity over
spread his calm, pale face, and then
looking upward, and raising his
hands, he said quietly and with an
expression Ofreliet:
LET us cross over the river and
rest under the shade of the trees"
And then without sign of a strug-
gle Oh pain his spirit passed away.
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